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Debian and X

I did an install of Debian booting from floppy and there's no Xfree86 config tools anywhere, X -version doesn't work either.

I installed from CD, told it to boot from floppy, did an apt-get dist upgrade and am currently running 2.2.19 for a kernel and apt tells me that Xfree86 is the newest version.

I tried to uninstall X using apt-get remove which told me that directory after directory wasn't empty so it (dirs?) couldn't be removed and tried to reinstall X, it didn't come up with the configuration screen at that time either.

What and where did I go wrong doing and how can ASCI fixee fixee makee makee all better?

Re: Debian and X

I'm kinda in the same boat. I tried upgrading to &quot;testing&quot; and everything went great, except when I went to startx, I got a ton of errors that basically said about 1/2 the x installation was missing. I've tried apt-get and D/l'ed all the available X install files in &quot;testing' with no luck. Everything says it's installed and configured, but no X. I am, however learning a lot more than I ever wanted to know about the command line.
If there's anyone out there with any ideas for a couple of &quot;Debian-bit&quot; idiots, we'll both be eternally greatful.

I fixed the font problem, apt-get install xfonts-base. Now gotta get the USB mouse working and I should be good to go. Anything special I need to do to get a USB mouse working either in X or in the kernel?

Re: Debian and X

Re: Debian and X

I've encountered that error so many times yet every single time I forget how I fix it immediately. Check to make sure that X is linked to one of the servers. I wish I could tell you how but I think in FreeBSD it's in a different location. If it helps, here's it's &quot;/usr/X11R6/bin/X -&gt; XF86_SVGA&quot;. If that doesn't work, try dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common. That sometimes worked for me.

Re: Debian and X

Yah, As I said, I'm gettin' real familiar with the command line. I'm gonna futz around with X a little more, but I've made up a &quot;Woody&quot; boot disk, so if this doesn't work, I'm going for an FTP install- oughta be real fun on a 56k hookup.
Thanks for the feedback.